Garment-supporter.



lC. HANSON'. GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPucmou man APR. 1, 191s.

. Patented Jan. 29, 1918.

Zzzssfs i E @EES CARL'HANSON, OF HILLS, MINNESOTA.

GAlRMENT-SUPPORTER.

Application filed April 1, 1916. Serial No. 88,215.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, CARL HANSON, a citizen of Norway, residing at Hills, in the county of Rock and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and its object is to produce a device of this class that will not tear the garment and one that will not become accidentally unfastened. Another object is to produce a device of this class that is simple in construction, eflicient in operation and that is cheap to manufacture.

TWith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of said specification and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my irnproved garment supporter.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same in closed position, full lines, and in open position in dotted lines.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts in both views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a metal loop to which the usual webbing (not shown) is secured that is connected to a garment worn by the user. The said loop 1 is connected by a small metal sleeve 2 to the wire supporter frame 3 which comprises a single piece of material shaped into a bar portion 4; at one extremity which portion is separated t'rom the bul ged central portion by the inwardly bent or neck portion 5. The bulged portion below the neck 5 terminates in a relatively contracted end 6. The single piece of material itself, of which the loop is made, terminates at one end vin an elongated loop 7 which is engaged by an eye 8 formed in the opposite end of the material, and said loop 7 is normally projected across the upper or open end of the contracted loop-end 6 to serve as a stop for the usual button 9 which normally is slidably disposed within the said contracted loop-end with which it coperates to hold the garment to be supported. The said button is carried, as is usual, by a small metal frame 10 secured in the looped end of a piece of webbing 11 which is carried at one end by the said metal sleeve 2.

The purpose of the elongated metal loop 7 which is disposed in the normal plane of possible movement of the button 9 is to prevent the withdrawal of said button from the loop end 6. When, however, it is desired or necessary to disengage said button and loopend 6 the said elongated metal loop 7 may be manually forced out of the path of movement of said button when the latter may be moved into the bulged portion of the supporter frame 3 and then withdrawn; or the'said button may be moved into close proximity to the elongated loop 7 and then turned almost edgewise, and gradually worked out of the said loop-end.

l/Vhat is claimed is l. In a garment supporter comprising a supporting loop portion provided with a sleeve, a frame portion comprising a bar engaging with the said sleeve and merging into a contracted neck portion and beyond said neck portion said frame being bulged to form a central portion, one side of said central portion terminating in an elongated loop the free termination of which is yieldingly projected into juxtaposition with the other side of said central portion, the nonlooped side of said central portion being projected beyond the said elongated loop to form a contracted end having an eye-forming termination engaging the said elongated loop, a flexible element having one end secured to the said sleeve, a plate carried at the opposite end of said flexible element, and a button carried by said plate for removable disposal in the contracted end of the said frame portion.

2. In a garment supporter comprising a supporting loop portion provided with a sleeve, a frame portion comprising a bar engaging with the said sleeve and merging into a contracted neck portion and beyond said neck portion forming a bulged central portion one side of which is projected to form a contracted U-shaped termination provided with an eye, the opposite side of Said bulged central frame portion terminating in an elongated loop slidably engaging with the said eye and yieldingly forming a closure for the open end of the said U-shaped portion; a flexible element having one vend secured to the said sleeve, a plate carried at the opposite end of said flexible element,

my own I have hereto aliixed my signature 1n the presence of two subscribing Wltnesses.

CARL HANsoN.

and a button carried by said plate and disposed in the U-shaped termination of the frame portion but capable of removal therefrom when the said elongated loop is moved out of the open end of said U-shaped portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as Witnesses:

M. C. DUEA, C. E. RIFFLE.

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